Qarib: By the Wise Koran,Sarwar: and the Quran, the Book of wisdom,Shakir: I swear by the Quran full of wisdomPickthall: By the wise Qur'an,Yusufali: By the Qur'an, full of Wisdom,-

إِنَّكَ لَمِنَ الْمُرْسَلِينَ
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Qarib: you (Prophet Muhammad) are truly among the Messengers sentSarwar: that you (Muhammad) are a MessengerShakir: Most surely you are one of the messengersPickthall: Lo! thou art of those sentYusufali: Thou art indeed one of the messengers,

عَلَى صِرَاطٍ مُسْتَقِيمٍ
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Qarib: upon a Straight Path.Sarwar: and that you follow the right path.Shakir: On a right wayPickthall: On a straight path,Yusufali: On a Straight Way.

تَنْزِيلَ الْعَزِيزِ الرَّحِيمِ
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Qarib: The sending down of the Mighty, the Most MercifulSarwar: This is a revelation sent down from the Majestic and All-mercifulShakir: A revelation of the Mighty, the MercifulPickthall: A revelation of the Mighty, the Merciful,Yusufali: It is a Revelation sent down by (Him), the Exalted in Might, Most Merciful.

لِتُنْذِرَ قَوْمًا مَا أُنْذِرَ آبَاؤُهُمْ فَهُمْ غَافِلُونَ
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Qarib: so that you may warn a people whose fathers were not warned, and so were heedless.Sarwar: so that you may warn a people who are unaware because their fathers were not warned.Shakir: That you may warn a people whose fathers were not warned, so they are heedlessPickthall: That thou mayst warn a folk whose fathers were not warned, so they are heedless.Yusufali: In order that thou mayest admonish a people, whose fathers had received no admonition, and who therefore remain heedless (of the Signs of Allah).

لَقَدْ حَقَّ الْقَوْلُ عَلَى أَكْثَرِهِمْ فَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ
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Qarib: The Phrase has become obligatory upon most of them, yet they do not believe.Sarwar: (I swear) that most of them are doomed to be punished. They have no faith.Shakir: Certainly the word has proved true of most of them, so they do not believePickthall: Already hath the judgment, (for their infidelity) proved true of most of them, for they believe not.Yusufali: The Word is proved true against the greater part of them: for they do not believe.

Qarib: We have bound their necks with fetters up to their chin, so that their heads are raised and cannot be lowered.Sarwar: We have enchained their necks up to their chins. Thus, they cannot bend their heads (to find their way).Shakir: Surely We have placed chains on their necks, and these reach up to their chins, so they have their heads raised aloftPickthall: Lo! We have put on their necks carcans reaching unto the chins, so that they are made stiff-necked.Yusufali: We have put yokes round their necks right up to their chins, so that their heads are forced up (and they cannot see).

Qarib: We have set a barrier before them and a barrier behind them, and, We have covered them so that they do not see.Sarwar: We have set-up a barrier in front of and behind them and have made them blind. Thus, they cannot see.Shakir: And We have made before them a barrier and a barrier behind them, then We have covered them over so that they do not seePickthall: And We have set a bar before them and a bar behind them, and (thus) have covered them so that they see not.Yusufali: And We have put a bar in front of them and a bar behind them, and further, We have covered them up; so that they cannot see.

Qarib: It is the same whether you have warned them or you have not warned them, they do not believe.Sarwar: Whether you warn them or not, they will not believe.Shakir: And it is alike to them whether you warn them or warn them not: they do not believePickthall: Whether thou warn them or thou warn them not, it is alike for them, for they believe not.Yusufali: The same is it to them whether thou admonish them or thou do not admonish them: they will not believe.